{"conversationCode":"012-070","tapeNumber":12,"conversationNumber":70,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-012-070","startDateTime":"1971-10-22T01:21:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1971-10-22T01:21:00.000Z","startDate":"21-Oct-1971","startTime":"9:21 PM","endDate":"21-Oct-1971","endTime":"9:21 PM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"certain","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); White House operator;","description":"On October 21, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at 9:21 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 012-070 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"WHT","recordingDevice":"White House Telephone","latitudeEstimated":38.89767,"longitudeEstimated":-77.03655,"chronCode":2,"chronRelease":"Second Chronological Release","chronReleaseDate":"26-Oct-2000","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 012-070\n\nDate: October 21, 1971\nTime: 9:21 pm\nLocation: White House Telephone\n\nThe White House operator talked with the President.\n\n     Telephone call from H.R. (“Bob”) Haldeman","filename":["012-070.mp3"],"tapeStart":"02:33:57","tapeEnd":"02:34:26","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","White House operator"],"prevCode":"012-069","nextCode":"012-071","transcript":[{"start":0.03,"end":8.78,"text":"Mr. Post and Mr. Haldeman would like to speak with you."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon received a call from the White House operator to facilitate a requested conversation with H.R. Haldeman and an individual identified as Mr. Post. The primary purpose of the call was to connect the President with his Chief of Staff and his associate for an immediate briefing or consultation. This brief interaction served as the logistical precursor to a subsequent high-level discussion involving the President's inner circle.","topics":["H.R. Haldeman","White House operations","Presidential communication","Staff management"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-05T23:36:34.165Z"},"topicSlugs":["h-r-haldeman","white-house-operations","presidential-communication","staff-management"],"audioDurationSec":29,"audioFiles":[{"file":"012-070.mp3","bytes":709066,"durationSec":29.47,"bitrate":192496,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:19:22.041Z","findingAidSource":"nixonlibrary.gov subject log (2024-05), reslice-v2","findingAidUpdatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:42:36.052Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/012-070.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/012-070","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/12/conversation-012-070","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}